C*** Werner
19th Century
"SERENADE DISTURBED, VENICE": A YOUNG MAN WITH A THEORBO IN THE ACT
OF DRAWING A SWORD
signed, inscribed and dated 1854
watercolour
36.5 x 26cms; 14 1/4in. x 10 1/4in.
With inscription "This instrument called tiorba is now in the
Kensington Museum".
NB
A theorbo is a plucked stringed instrument of the lute family
(Italian: tiorba, also tuorbe; French: théorbe, German: Theorbe).
The instrument is characterised by its long neck with a second
peg-box which differentiates it from the archlute and the tenor
lute. Theorboes were developed during the late 16th Century,
inspired by the demand for extended base range for use in opera and
other contemporary musical works based on basso continuo.

WERNER (20th Century)
Still life of fruit in a vase, signed, oils on canvas, 48.5 x 69cm; and a 20th century limited edition print 'Into the Blue', signed indistinctly in pencil and numbered 89/175 (2)